Habitat patterns in tropical rain forests: A comparison of 105 plots in northwest Borneo

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2782-2797

  Potts, Matthew D ^a   Ashton, Peter S ^a   Kaufman, Les S ^b   Plotkin, Joshua B ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borneo, lowland ever wet rain forest; Cluster analysis; Deterministic vs. stochastic effects; Diversity; Habitat effects vs. dispersal driven effects; Mantel analysis; Ordination; Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo; Soil nutrients; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT; RAINFOREST; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BORNEO; SARAWAK;

EID: 0038814763     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2782:HPITRF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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